How important are ash trees to Missouri?
Information from community tree inventories indicates that overall, ash trees comprise about 14 percent of street trees in Missouri communities and over 21 percent of trees in urban parks (data compiled by Missouri Department of Conservation, 2005). The percentages rise to well over 30 percent in some parks and residential subdivisions. In natural forest stands, ash trees comprise about 3 percent of total trees (USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis data).
